Daily Archives: 25/03/2020

New Restrictions on Prescribing hydroxychloroquine

New restrictions on prescribing hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 The following is an extract from the TGA website of this alert: 24 March 2020   In recent days there has been considerable focus on the potential for hydroxychloroquine and the similar compound chloroquine (which is not marketed in Australia) to help in treating COVID-19. Hydroxychloroquine is used…

COVID-19 & Access to Hydroxychloroquine

COVID-19 & Access to Hydroxychloroquine At present the trials are ongoing and there isn’t sufficient evidence to conclude whether it will be effective. Science Magazine stated that the available evidence that chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine work against COVID-19 was ‘thin’. The U.S. Society of Critical Care Medicine said “there is insufficient evidence to issue a recommendation…